Ethereum’s Co-Founder Has a 2-Year ETH Prediction
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin predicts that demand for ETH will outstrip supply within two years as financial institutions adopt the network.
Lubin made the remarks during a debate on X with Jeff Dorman, who questioned the token's value.
The co-founder believes that current market conditions are a snapshot and that a longer-term trend is unfolding.
He points to the presence of financial institutions and market infrastructure on Ethereum as a key driver.
The FIs and FMIs are here and more are coming.
Lubin says Consensys is actively working with these institutions.
He identifies several forces that will tighten supply, including user competition for block space and staking.
Digital asset treasuries, like BitMine's push for 5% of all ether, will also contribute to the squeeze.
Higher network activity leads to more ETH burns, further reducing the circulating supply.
Lubin calls these mechanics the monetary premium of ETH.
In perhaps 2 years no platform will have anywhere close to the monetary premium of ETH.
The market, however, has not yet validated this view.
ETH has lost more than a third of its value over the past year.
It trades at less than half its all-time high from August 2025.
Mainstream Adoption Still Lacking
In a separate post, Lubin conceded that the network has not yet seen real mainstream usage.
He notes that most people currently buy ETH and Bitcoin to hold them speculatively.
The user base consists of protocol and cryptography nerds, finance nerds building DeFi, and others 'kicking the tires' on the technology.
We haven't seen real mainstream usage yet.
Lubin credits SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Michael Selig with clearing much of the regulatory uncertainty.
He also points to MetaMask, which is evolving into a self-custody financial super app.
Dorman remains unconvinced, arguing that ten years into the experiment, the best theses for owning a layer-1 token are still 'a bunch of gobbledygook rationales'.
Lubin has made bullish Ethereum calls before and backs Ethlabs, a nonprofit preparing the network for institutional adoption.
He previously stated that the crypto winter had ended quite a while ago.
Since then, however, ETH has fallen further.
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